{"id":23938,"date":"2025-06-21T07:37:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T11:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=23938"},"modified":"2025-07-02T09:03:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T13:03:22","slug":"gov-desantis-signs-bill-criminalizing-all-geoengineering-technologies-weather-modification-chemtrail-spraying-in-florida-skies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=23938","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Gov. DeSantis Signs Bill Criminalizing All Geoengineering Technologies, Weather Modification &amp; Chemtrail Spraying In Florida Skies<\/span><\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23939\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screen-Shot-2025-06-21-at-7.32.37-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"567\" height=\"626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screen-Shot-2025-06-21-at-7.32.37-AM.png 567w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screen-Shot-2025-06-21-at-7.32.37-AM-272x300.png 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><\/p>\n<section class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 fURyTV iQviKm articleBody\">\n<hr \/>\n<h5><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25460\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screen-Shot-2025-07-02-at-9.02.40-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screen-Shot-2025-07-02-at-9.02.40-AM.png 650w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screen-Shot-2025-07-02-at-9.02.40-AM-300x202.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><span class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 ewwUYq\">FILE &#8211; Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference in Miami, Tuesday, May 9, 2023. (AP Photo\/Rebecca Blackwell, File)<\/span><span class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 hoaNsR\">\u00a0(Rebecca Blackwell, Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)<\/span><\/h5>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>TALLAHASSEE, Fla.\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill on Friday that prohibits geoengineering and certain weather modification activities, making it a third-degree felony.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><a title=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Session\/Bill\/2025\/56\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Session\/Bill\/2025\/56\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate Bill 56<\/a>\u00a0repeals the state\u2019s ability to issue permits for geoengineering and weather modification. 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class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 gibcWr\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__BaseDivider-sc-1fnzlkn-8 fKOXHm\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cFlorida is not a testing ground for geoengineering. We already do not permit this activity, and I will be signing SB 56 to prohibit the practice in our skies. The Free State of Florida means freedom from governments or private actors unilaterally applying chemicals or geoengineering to people or public spaces,\u201d DeSantis said in May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>RELATED |\u00a0<\/b><a title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2025\/05\/15\/live-gov-desantis-holds-news-conference-in-dade-city\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2025\/05\/15\/live-gov-desantis-holds-news-conference-in-dade-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>DeSantis signs a bill making Florida the 2nd state to ban fluoride from its water system<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The bill also directs the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to establish a dedicated e-mail address and online form to allow people to report suspected geoengineering and weather modification activities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The bill also removed the DEP\u2019s authority to conduct studies, research, experimentation, and evaluations in the field of weather modification.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Democratic Rep. Anna Eskamani pushed back against the bill back in May when the Legislature approved it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cThis bill is feeding into conspiracy theories, and I think it\u2019s important that we do not legislate under that type of pressure but that we legislate on science, we legislate on fact, we legislate not on fear but on information,\u201d Eskamani\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/735756-this-bill-is-crazy-legislature-approves-ban-on-geoengineering-weather-modification\/\" href=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/735756-this-bill-is-crazy-legislature-approves-ban-on-geoengineering-weather-modification\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told Florida Politics<\/a>. \u201cThe fact that this bill does not require the consultation of a meteorologist, the consultation of scientists to say (whether this) is suspicious activity is absolutely going to create an environment where things will be reported nonstop, bogging down the department and now potentially bogging down law enforcement who have a lot of more important work to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Violators of this bill could face up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $100,000, except aircraft operators and controllers, who are subject to a fine of up to $5,000 and five years\u2019 imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The bill goes into effect on July 1.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 nALdY copyright\">Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2025\/06\/20\/gov-desantis-signs-bill-to-prohibit-activities-intended-to-affect-weather-temperature-sunlight-intensity\/\">https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2025\/06\/20\/gov-desantis-signs-bill-to-prohibit-activities-intended-to-affect-weather-temperature-sunlight-intensity\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23938\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}